在口语上当发音不同时有“要不要”的意思。
还好,我们没有晚些离开,要不然我们就见不到他了。
It is just as well that we didn't leave any later or we'd have missed him.
富兰克林催豪快点洗澡,要不然他们就赶不上火车了。
Franklin told Howe to hurry up and take his bath; otherwise, they'd miss their train.
They usually will end up working too hard, or they get too involved in their family,
他们要不就是工作狂,要不就是太顾家,
Maybe I should make a bigger-- let me do it here, I can fit it in here I think.
也许我该弄个更大的...,要不我画在这儿吧
But there's more, and this is why novels are long: - not too long, not too short, but of a certain length-- of a certain magnitude, as Aristotle puts it.
但是当然还有很多别的东西,要不这本书也不会那么长:,不是太长,但也不短,刚刚好能说明清楚问题的长度-,亚里士多德这么评价。
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